Mrs Korp was reported missing after she failed to pick up her
son from school last Wednesday.

Victoria Police homicide detectives were investigating the case,
as grave fears were held for Mrs Korp's safety.

Insp Francis said about 11am (AEDT) a security guard at the
shrine noticed the car on nearby Dallas Brooks Drive.

He called police who established a crime scene around the car
and found Mrs Korp alive but unconscious in the boot.

"I'd like to appeal to anyone that may have seen the vehicle. At
this stage we don't know how long it's been at Dallas Brooks
Drive," Insp Francis said.

"We'd like to clarify how long it had been there, when it
arrived there or where it may have been prior to being parked at
that location.

"The family has just recently been advised of the discovery and
we're currently talking to family members just to go back over what
has occurred possibly if they can provide us with further
information in relation to Mrs Korp's movements."

Insp Francis said the security guard had done a great job in
alerting police.

"He's been vigilant in duties and that assists us
positively."

Insp Francis said he was not in a position to speculate on a
motive.

"That's why we're speaking to family members again to try to
establish what is the reason for this and where Mrs Korp has been
for those five days," Insp Francis said.

"It's bizarre. I think anytime there's a person found in the
boot of their own vehicle ... you could call it bizarre."

Until she was found this morning, Mrs Korp was last seen at her
home in Mickleham in Melbourne's outer north west about 6.30am on
Wednesday.

She was leaving for work at the Kayser Hosiery factory in
Coolaroo, but disappeared with her red 1996 Mazda 626.

Mrs Korp was supposed to collect her 11-year-old son Damien from
school later that afternoon.

Insp Francis said on Friday the woman's absence was unusual and
police could find no apparent motive for it. "It's not as if
there's something there. It's the fact of what's not there," he
said.